Chan's Personal Blog

Today I decided to wear my Canada t-shirt to work. During lunch, I noticed that there were other Canadians sporting Canada t-shirts as well. I found it most amusing as we Canadians walk amongst the Americans, and they're completely unaware of that there are Canadians in their midsts, and that it was Canada Day. My boss thought it was odd that I was sitting with someone who was also wearing a Canada t-shirt, so he finally asked what the deal was.

In either case, to celebrate Canada Day today, I broke out the good Maple Butter, and setup a Maple Butter tasting event in my cube at work. I fired off an e-mail to a bunch of people, telling them to drop by to celebrate Canada Day. I thought it was amusing that some people thought I made the day up. Anyway, easiest way to make new friends.... feed them some Maple Butter. It's delicious!

I also sent around this video to educate my American counterparts.


One of the guys at work is French, and he said, "Oh, I didn't know you were from Canada. Do you know any French?" He then said something in French to see if I understood. He said something like, long live Quebec independence. I responded with, "absolument pas!" Laughter ensued.

Happy Canada Day!